European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 0 the stars and stripes sports sunday november 15,1992 Mem a a a i Torretta leads no. 1 Miami past Temple Miami s Ryan Mcneil 47 helps celebrate Dexter Siegel s interception return touchdown. By Steven wine Miami a the Miami hurricanes were supposed to win easily and Gino Torretta made sure they did. Continuing his late charge in the heis Man trophy race Torretta threw for 221 Yards and two touchdowns saturday to help top ranked Miami beat lowly Temple 48-0. A six touchdown favorite the hurricanes 9-0 extended the nation s longest winning Streak to 27 games and won their 51st in a Row at the Orange bowl. The game was the first for Temple 19 since reports last week that the school plans to fire coach Jerry Berndt after the season. Clemson defensive coordinator Ron Dickerson confirmed that he has interviewed for the Job. Torretta completed 16 of 23 passes including nine in a Row in the first half. He hit Lamar Thomas four times for 116 Yards. The senior quarterback extended his string of passes without an interception to 122, breaking the school record of 116 held by George Mira and Vinny Testa verde. Torretta s ratio of touchdown passes to interceptions is 18 to four this season and 11 to none Over the past four games. In the final Home game for Miami a remarkably successful seniors two of them scored. Horace Copeland caught a 15-Yard touchdown pass from Frank Costa and Kevin Kirkeide caught a 3-Yardcr from Torretta. The seniors improved to 42-3 in their four seasons at Miami. Torretta a other touchdown pass covered 5 Yards to freshman Yii Tucker a the first reception of his career. Miami a defense also scored when cornerback Dexter Seiglerr a returned an interception 89 Yards for a touchdown. By the time Temple picked up a first Down the hurricanes led 20-0 Early in the second Quarter. The owls lost their ninth in a Row and were a match for Miami Only in Bac flips. When an apparent touchdown pass to Copeland was ruled incomplete he expressed his dismay with a Graceful standing Bac flip in the end zone. Owl cornerback Kelta Crespina standing nearby responded with a flip of his own. The hurricanes second string fared better than in the past two victories when Miami was outscored 40-3 after the outcome was decided. Against Temple reserves took Over in the third Quarter with a 41-0 Lead and completed Miami a second shutout of the , Wolf pack trim hobbling Duke Raleigh . A Anthony Barbour scored two touchdowns and became the fifth North Carolina state player to Rush for More than 1,000 Yards in a season As the 14th-Rankcd Wolf pack Defeated struggling Duke 45-27 saturday. The senior tailback caught a 20-Yard scoring pass Early in the second Quarter the first to reception of his career and added a 14-Yard scoring run that gave the Wolf pack a 35-14 Lead late in the third period. . State 8-2-1, 5-2 Atlantic coast conference clinched at least a tie for second place in the acc in front of scouts from the blockbuster fiesta Gator and peach bowls. Duke 2-8, 0-7 had six turnovers in losing its 12th straight acc game. The Wolf pack defense gave its struggling offence a boost As Carl Reeves returned a Fumble 47 Yards for a score and Damien Covington had a 27-Yard interception return for a touchdown. The . State defense has scored at least once in each of the last three games. Typical of Dukes season of frustration was a fourth Quarter swing after Covington a score. Leroy mailman who earlier had returned kickoffs 58 and 38 Yards raced Down the left sideline for 82 Yards but fumbled into the end zone when hit from behind and the Wolf pack recovered. Mailman finished with 231 Yards on five Kickoff returns breaking the acc Mark of 195 set by Wake forests Anthony Williams against Maryland in 1990. Gallman a performance was 10 Yards shy of the National Mark set by Geny Blitz of Harvard in 1952 against Princeton. Duke broke the acc team record with 286 Kickoff return Yards eclipsing South Carolinas Mark of 275 Yards set in 1963. Barbour with 82 Yards on 17 carries became the first Wolf pack rusher to crack 1,000 since Joe Mcintosh a 1,081 in 1983. Greg Manior who fumbled away a scoring Chance on the Wolf pack a first series had a 16-Yard run to open the scoring Midway through the first Quarter. Duke entered Wolf pack territory five times in the first half but managed Only seven Points. Randy Gardner missed a 31-Yard Field goal on the first series and a 37-yarder about a minute before halftime. Dukes Only score in the first half was set up by Spence Fischer a 37-Yard completion to Bill Khayat Early in the second Quarter. It took the Blue devils four Downs to get into the end zone from the 2, with Fischer hitting tight end Dan Clark on fourth and one to Cut the Wolf pack Lead to 14-7. After a change of Possession Fischer lost the Ball when sacked by Mike Harrison near Midfield and Reeves a 219-Pound defensive tackle picked up the Ball and raced for a score that restored . States 14-Point Cushion. Terms bomb Clemson College Park my. A John Kaleo threw for 418 Yards and five touchdowns both school records As Maryland ended Clemson a bowl Hopes with a 53-23 Victory saturday. Playing before representatives from the Independence bowl and the Aloha bowl Clemson simply could not put the clamps on Maryland a run and shoot offence. The 53 Points was the most allowed by the tigers in one game since South Carolina scored 56 in 1975, and Kaleob a passing yardage was the most Ever accumulated by a Clemson opponent. Clemson 5-5 Overall 3-5 in the Atlantic coast conference needed to beat Maryland 3-8, 2-6 and South Carolina next week to get the six wins against division i a foes necessary to Quality for a bowl game. The tigers had gone to a bowl in every year since 1985 a coincidentally the last season they lost to Maryland. Clemson managed Only one touchdown against a Maryland defense that was burned for 69 Points last week in a loss to Florida state. Nelson Welch kicked five Field goals for the tigers and quarterback Patrick Sapp completed 25 of 55 passes for 273 Yards. The terrapins led 39-17 after three quarters scoring six touchdowns in the Middle two periods. After Clemson closed to 39-24 with 12 27 to go Kaleo hit Marcus Badgett with a 15-Yard to pass to wrap up the Victory. Kaleo completed 27 of 41 passes including eight to Badgett for 184 Yards. The 53 Points was the most by Mary land in one game since a 62-Point Effort against Duke in 1975. Gators nip gamecocks Gainesville Fla. A Shane Matthews scored on a quarterback sneak and threw a 36-Yard touchdown pass to Aubrey Hill to jump Start Florida a sputtering offence saturday and Lead the Lith ranked gators to a 14-9 Victory Over South Carolina. The Triumph was the sixth straight for Florida 7-2, 5-2which extended the nations second longest Home winning Streak to 18 games and moved within one Victory of clinching a berth in the inaugural Southeastern conference championship game. South Carolina 4-6, 3-5 lost for the first time since freshman Steve Taneyhill became its starting quarterback after an 0-5 Start. The game Cocks had won four straight including two victories Over ranked teams Mississippi state Tennessee that had beaten Florida Florida so fun in gun a offence a in mar 9 1uii Juji misfired for nearly three quarters before Matthews completed passes of 24 Yards to Hill and 38 Yards to Jack Jackson on the 75-Yard drive that produced his 1-Yard sneak for a 7-3 Lead. The gators struck again less than five minutes later marching 89 Yards in eight plays and scoring when Matthews spotted a wide open Hill racing up the right Side of the Field. Matthews completed 19 of 32 passes for 259 Yards for Florida which can win the secs Eastern division by beating Vanderbilt next week